Telegram-herald., 1887-06-06

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certain eariiaal pri1riries q course re-
main. thair nsczt dzliact oEss IS the daaffs
q Tie go.ihead, wh4ck impazs pafsatal
compound. - 70 sIeak-au @teFnai nlo1besv@s
sci a. as et~rnAl faEker. Thslr doctEine q
ceE5asy i. * eourss. pro1nlneGt. All mosE
tenaelas4sly hai1 Iaay u tie tsEss~ q no
osakess ars $50 theirs. Tksir oppositioa 10
ira5Fizge i rat1eF q FelI.4uESLnient. 10 t1s
saks ol snteriHg higher cycle q spiritual
exTsgiesee than the soFd az large can hope
u attain Bss. n Is order, they 60 net con-
sider marriage wrong. Much of the imagery
whth the g. skers employ ia Fetere.lee %
'.cyc.ssn @1d first secoGd. third and foarth
heavens" Is quite Ia affinity with ths
sxadsnoorsiaas Ia fast, Ann Lee ussi 10
say that -SwetsnboFg Is really john the
Baptist
Ca two or three occasions recently, While
Elder Evans has been farryirg n tn city, L
have hAd extznded talks With hinA Some u
the incidents of his lfe, a. be tells them, ars
exceedingly interesting. he wss born IN
England and came 70 this country With Robert
d wen Both he and Owen were then firm ma
teriaIiSts and skepticsl in reference % any
revelation whatever. But they were human
itarians ard were interested ia communism
In spite of Owens good intentions, for he
49, a nan Of benevolent AMI humane in
stincts, the scheme At New Harmony fell
through. II could not be made 20 work
Evans discovered that the Zoarites
and tie Rappites had no better success As
the shakers were the one body that did sue
ceed. he went 10 their head center in New
I.eSan0n 70 ent cut their secret. While there
ne was the suoi-ct Of spiritual revelations
The spirits came 20 him repeatedly, and con-
vicfed him Of the errors Of materiallsIn: and
under these illuminati0ns be became con-
WINGED also OF The benefits Of eellbare life.
and saw that the Shakers had truths v hlen
were far IN advance Ok oar worldly creeia As
necessary result he joined them As spirit
ualists, the SHAKERS claim 20 be pioneers, bus
except as these things are forced upon them.
A too frequent or a solicitous resort 10 spirits
they consider wrong. Elder Evans makes
no reference To the fact that by weight OF
character AMI thorough saturatiOn with their
principiss, he has risru % DO their head, bat
such Is the fact. OF course this does not
mean that he Is hierarch. because the Sha-
kegs believe in equality. but 1t means that
natural selection has brought him rightfully
20 The front
he Says the body in fifty years has under
gore regormatory changes. Formerly 1t used
-es society outside more generally did once
alcoholic liquors. Now they do not touch
them They do not use tobacco either, nor
eat pork lie thinks they are on the way ID
become vege.srians eventually. They were
aIwavs Abolitisnists. and among the earliest
of this once deridad class. Now they are Pro-
hfbirionisEs and woman suffragiSts, and believe
IN land reform in the direction in which
Henry George is Leading. Large land owners
themselves. they do not intend TO have their
own possessions prevent their adhssence TO,
and acquiescence in, what they consider q
grand reforInstsry truth
They DO not. however, vote; nor are they
eaIa<i 70 iurv duty. The authorities habitu-
ally exempt them from jury service. They
nay their taxes faithfully and do not refuse 10
serve "a witnesses when called upon 1t would
bc readily acknowledged by their neighbors
that in the conduct and virtues OF hfe they
rark high Like tue Quakers they are op-
posed - war. and are non-resistants.
One. the elder SAYS, they seemed IN danger
of becoming simply a great elsemosynery IN
stifntion. he always strongly objected tc
tbs sendsncy; and for years they have been
weeding out, or screening cut, those who come
I, them simply for tue loaves and fishes
Thev consider this the main reason theiI
numbers have fallen of in ffteen years, bat
thev also think that their doctrines have I'll
tered out into the world and are really being
SUBSTANTIALLY actei upon by msny. This adhsS
sion they even prefer 10 proselytes taken ilte
ttsi~ direct fold There wero once eighteen
societies in ths United States, and there nr'
nov sexcuteen OF these four are m New
York. four 10 Massachusetts,, two IN Connect
lent two in Kentucky, two in ONO, two "A
Nsw HAMPSHIRE, and one In Maine.
Elder Evans savs that the community prn
cirla cannot exist with marriage-for tni,
produces TOO strong n centrifugal element
lFe constantly receives letters and appslcn
tions frorn those who want to join the fra
tsrnitv. but no ore Is received without .
thorough examination and no one y urget
- f0in. II n uerSon wishes 70 JOIN and seems
sinerrs. Re is brought before the court q EE
own conscience aud rigidly questioned
II ha has ever wroaged any on
he must confess the erTcr and d,
restitution If be owes any debu
be uniss first pay them. The head of com
mission once sent down from Albany by tn
lsuislaturs to inquire into the method b
which The Shakers received the worlds chill
ssron for adoption sid. az the end of The talk
on testing them morally. that he wished tn
whole of Albanv. including riie complainant
who zent hiua a. New Lebanon. we're Shakers
The method ~ adopting children. however
has been raodisad u thesr own motion. IheY
ID not nov seek any who are not oh enougf
CO have soma mind of their own lAe~'
unfier 12 are rot. rs a rue. desired. and Ar
not taken except when a refusal might Rpas
rate hrothers and sisterS To import an eie
rnens which might probably yearn 20 gf
hack. IN due tnie. - The wofid. Is rot - tbei'
interest. Elder Evans notwithstanding ha'
advanced age. is soon q revisit Eagtand o.
matters Of irnportauce % the community. Ia
VII sail ca june % JcEL BENTON
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